Chair.



W. D. SCHMITS & E. MUUSS.

CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6,1911.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

51 woe whom:

20., WASHINGTON, n. c.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER D. SCHMITS AND EMIL MUUSS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS TO JACOBAND JOSEF KOI-IN, INCORPORATED, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

CHAIR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that we, WALTER D. SoHMITs and EMIL MUUSS, citizens of theUnited States and Germany, respectively, and both residents of New Yorkcity, county and State of New York, have jointly invented a new andImproved Chair, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a chair having a permanent cane seat and aremovable auxiliary seat adapted to be superimposed on the cane seat andto be detachably secured to the seat frame.

The construction is such that the auxiliary seat may be readily appliedor removed that it is not liable to scratch or otherwise injure the seatframe or cane bottom and that any unsightly attaching means areobviated.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a chairembodying our invention; Fig. 2 a plan with the auxiliary seat partlybroken away; Fig. 3 a section through the auxiliary seat attachingmeans, and Fig. 4 a plan of part of the seat frame and part of the caneseat.

A chair 10 of suitable pattern is provided with a permanent seat frame11 which is overlapped along its inner side by a cane bottom 12 which issecured to frame 10 at 13 as usual. At preferably opposite points thereare formed in that section of frame 11 which is overlapped by canebottom 12 a pair of upright apertures 14 such apertures being alinedwith corresponding apertures or meshes 15 of cane bottom 12. With theconstruction described, apertures 14 are readily accessible from the topand are nevertheless so surrounded by the strands of the cane, that theyare practically invisible and will not in any way impair the looks ofthe chair. Upon seat frame 11 is adapted to be placed an auxiliary seatA which when applied covers up the cane bottom and projects partly orentirely over seat frame 11. The auxiliary seat is shown to be of theupholstered or cushioned kind, it being provided with a rigid bottomplate 16 that overlies the cane bottom and extends over the meshes 15thereof and also over the apertures 14 of frame 11.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 6, 1911.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911. Serial No. 637,116.

The batting 17 of seat A is covered by a plurality of textile layers 18,which are tucked under the edges of plate 16 and thus form a padintermediate the auxiliary seat and the seat frame 11, so that thelatter is not liable to be scratched. A lining 19 nailed to plate 16covers up and protects the edges of this pad as shown.

Depending from each side of plate 16 is a threaded bolt 20 adapted to beprojected through the corresponding apertures 15, 14 of seat 12 andframe 11. In order to reliably attach this bolt to plate 16 the latteris provided with a squared opening bushed as at 21 and adapted to snuglyaccommodate an upper squared bolt section 22. The bolt 'head 23 iscovered up by a cap 24 secured to plate 16, so that by the meansdescribed, the bolt is held against rotation and is also prevented frompiercing batting 17 and covering 18. The lower threaded end of the boltis adapted to receive a winged nut 25 adapted to be tightened up againstthe lower side of seat frame 11.

If the chair is to be used with a cane seat, nuts 25 are unscrewed andthe auxiliary seat A together with its depending bolts 20 is lifted oifframe 11. If the auxiliary seat is to be used, bolts 20 are passedthrough the apertures 15 of the cane seat and apertures 14 of frame 11,so as to project with their threaded ends below such frame. The nuts 25being now applied and tightened up, the auxiliary seat will be securelyattached to the chair in such a manner that the cane bottom is entirelycovered up and concealed.

It will be seen that by the construction de scribed, the auxiliary seatmay be readily applied and removed, that there are no objectionablyobtrusive fastening means, that the chair is not weakened for thereception of the auxiliary seat and that when the latter is appliedthere is nothing whatever to indicate the presence of the fixed caneseat therebeneath.

Though the auxiliary seat is shown to be of the upholstered type, adifierently constructed seat may obviously be used.

We claim:

A chair provided with a permanent seat frame having a pair of apertures,a meshed auxiliary seat with the permanent seat cane bottom secured tothe frame and havframe.

ing openings alined with said apertures, a WALTER D. SCHMITS. removableauxiliary seat adapted to be sup- EMIL MUUSS.

ported upon the fixed seat frame, and fas- Witnesses:

tening means adapted to pass through said ARTHUR E. ZUMPE,

apertures and openings and to connect the KATHERYNE K0011.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

